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Document 32023D1600

Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1600 of 3 August 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA)

ST/11877/2023/INIT

OJ L 196, 4.8.2023, pp. 35–36 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1600/oj

4.8.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 196/35


COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1600

of 3 August 2023

amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 42(4) and Article 43(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

On 19 April 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 (1), which established the European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) with a mandate until 19 September 2018.

(2)

On 28 July 2022, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/1334 (2), which extended EUTM RCA until 20 September 2023 and amended its mandate.

(3)

On 13 July 2023, on the basis of the holistic strategic review of EUTM RCA and the European Union CSDP Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic (EUAM RCA), the Political and Security Committee recommended that the mandate of EUTM RCA be extended, in principle, until 19 September 2024 and that a strategic assessment of both EUTM RCA and EUAM RCA be conducted no later than March 2024.

(4)

Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 10, the following paragraph is added:

‘6.   The financial reference amount for the common costs of EUTM RCA for the period from 20 September 2023 until 19 September 2024 shall be EUR 5 212 000. The percentage of the reference amount referred to in Article 51(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 shall be 15 % in commitments and 0 % for payments.’

;

(2)

in Article 13, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.   Subject to a strategic assessment to be conducted by the PSC no later than March 2024, EUTM RCA shall end on 19 September 2024.’.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 3 August 2023.

For the Council

The President

P. NAVARRO RÍOS


(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 of 19 April 2016 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) (OJ L 104, 20.4.2016, p. 21).

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1334 of 28 July 2022 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/610 on a European Union CSDP Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) (OJ L 201, 1.8.2022, p. 27).


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